[GRASS-user] running Grass in batch mode without a script

[Tyler Smith]

Hi,

I'm trying to add a feature to the Emacs grass-mode, allowing the user
to create new locations interactively as they start the Grass session.
The easiest way to do this would be to start a separate grass session to
create the location in batch mode, then return to the normal setup
procedures already in place.

I can create the location with:

grass -c source_file ~/grassdata/location_name

But this opens a new interactive instance of Grass, before I've had a
chance to set up the Emacs processing. Using the environmental variable
GRASS_BATCH_JOB requires that it point to a shell script, but I'm not
sure if there is a way to install a shell script within an Emacs package
that is portable among Windows, Mac and Linux.

So is there a way to run a grass job in batch mode without invoking a
script? Or other suggestions?

Thanks!

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  Tyler Smith
  plantarum.ca